from what i gather isn’t virtual box a pita to use from the command line…. as
well, I need the vm to talk using speak or y a s r. So, how does running the vm
in a command line help me when i need it’s command line to talk?
deedra waters
dee...@the-brannons.com
> On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:42 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> As Genna mentioned previously in this thread, virtualbox does the same thing
> as vmware and is free. The downside is that the GUI is not very accessible,
> but you don't really need the GUI as it's all configurable from terminal. In
> other words you would use terminal to get virtualbox up and running with your
> unix of choice and then you could do what you want inside that virtual
> machine. All that said, just remember that OSX is not Linux. It's based on
> BSD, which also is not Linux.
>
> CB
>
> On 12/11/14, 3:16 PM, deedra waters wrote:
>> I like the bratty idea sad though that our display is half defective and not
>> fixable. I’m thinking vmware is going to end up being my way to go. I just
>> don’t want to pay a small fortune for vmware when all i want is 1 linux vm
>> that’s useable.
>>
>>
>> deedra waters
>> dee...@the-brannons.com
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The terminal is fine if one has a braille display and can use brltty, for
>>> which I know I should write a README but honestly I haven't been able to
>>> find time to do it! If nobody else does it first, I truly do plan to
>>> eventually. But in my opinion, without brltty, the terminal isn't much fun
>>> though it can be used for entering commands without too much trouble. With
>>> brltty, I just turn voiceover off if using the terminal for any length of
>>> time because I've had issues with terminal crashing and it doesn't seem to
>>> happen if voiceover isn't on.
>>>
>>> I did run vmware with linux for a time and it's doable. I also fixed up an
>>> old powerpc Mac mini with wheezy for kind of a backup for my linux needs.
>>>
>>> Having homebrew and/or Macports does much broaden your options in terminal
>>> also.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheryl
>>>
>>>
>>> Go beyond the Christmas story this year;
>>> meet Immanuel (God with us),
>>> Jesus, the crucified Savior,
>>> Christ, the risen LORD!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:43 PM, deedra waters <dee...@the-brannons.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, first of all i’m more or less happy with what i got in terms of the
>>>> macbook air. it’s portable and light which is good. I was able to sit in
>>>> the er for several hours waiting for my turn to see the doctor and was
>>>> actually not bored there for once.
>>>>
>>>> I had brought the macbook and a usb headset. Usually when i land in the
>>>> hospital they end up admitting me because of some of my medical issues.
>>>> This time though I wasn’t admitted but had i been i’d have books at least!
>>>>
>>>> Either way the 10ish hours passed rarely quickly with something to do. I
>>>> was really annoyed the fact that i couldn’t get my media i’d brought to
>>>> play for the life of me…. Instead i watched episodes of days of our lives
>>>> from the iTunes store *snicker*
>>>>
>>>> From a linux point of view though things are quite different. for example
>>>> tail -n 50 doesn’t work across platforms in terms of the mac and linux
>>>> with the mac you have to type something like tail -50 to get what you
>>>> want. Little things like that ended up requiring the linux/unix skills of
>>>> my fiancé to get certain of my scripts and some other python tools to work
>>>> properly.
>>>>
>>>> I’m highly unsatisfied with the terminal though I mean it does simple mac
>>>> type things fine and works well enough for that but unless i buy vmware
>>>> fusion or unless there’s a cheaper way of getting a linux vm up and
>>>> running for those tasks that just don’t do well in the mac terminal
>>>>
>>>> The speech interrupts are highly annoying in the terminal i’d kill for a
>>>> way to turn those off and on. I also ended up buying a few apps that just
>>>> make things simpler for me. Take the my medical app. With as sick as i am,
>>>> that app is almost a needed thing. I’ve been working to get as much of my
>>>> medical records as possible put into the app so that way if worse comes to
>>>> worse all i have to do is turn voiceover off, they should be able to
>>>> access and read the info then give the thing back to me. In theory at
>>>> least it sounds like a great idea. I’m probably going to have to find a
>>>> way of getting the data to export to a readable format such as pdf for
>>>> them.
>>>>
>>>> Mac journal i also found useful for several things.
>>>>
>>>> Over all, i like what i got. I still have a ton to learn but i think that
>>>> that will come with time and practice. Now to hunt down iTunes podcasts.:)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> deedra waters
>>>> dee...@the-brannons.com
>>>>
>>>>
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